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 The
original Riverview golf course was laid out in August, 1898,
as a five-hole course all to the east of the large ravine. The
original
members themselves laid out the course, taking advantage of the
natural contours and hazards of the land. Holes were made by
sinking tomato cans into the ground. The original members are quoted
in
newspaper articles as saying the first time they tried to play
the course about all they could do was knock the balls around
with their drivers.
The five-hole course was extended to seven the
following spring when two holes were added to the west of the ravine.
 A
few years later, two more holes were added to the west of the ravine
making the course a nine-hole course. During the 1920s several
studies were conducted into the feasibility of making the course
an eighteen-hole course, but it was determined that the 120 acres
owned by Riverview was not enough to accomplish this, so the course
remained at nine holes.
In 1957, the course layout again changed when
the City of Appleton needed some of Riverview's land to improve
the approach of the Oneida Street Bridge.
Riverview Golf Course has always been considered
one of the prettiest and yet most challenging golf courses in the
area.
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